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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

This is pretty much all incorrect. CRISPR didn't have anything to do with Lulu and Nana not being born with HIV, we have known how HIV-infected men can safely become fathers for years now. The standard practice of "sperm washing" and IVF ensured that, CRISPR was completely unnecessary.^1^ The reason the parents accepted He's plan is because in China, HIV positive fathers are not allowed to do IVF regularly.^2^ Chinese often go abroad to get IVF done, but presumably, these parents couldn't afforded it. Not to talk about how He completely disregarded informed consent, giving them 23 complex pages, barely mentioning that they were doing gene editing, representing the whole thing as a "HIV vaccine"^3^

^1^: https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-blog/2017/june/how-hiv-positive-men-safely-become-fathers

^2^: https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/04/04/1048829/he-jiankui-prison-free-crispr-babies/

^3^: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6490874/#pbio.3000223.ref008

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

+1 til Systemsprenger. Jeg så den sidste år og var dybt imponeret. Jeg vidste slet ikke at det var muligt for børn at spille så godt

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

Jeg har set filmen "Le Procès Goldman" (I mangel på en officiel dansk titel foreslår jeg Halløj i Retssalen). Det er et hammereffektivt kammerspil, hvor der uden musik og uden flashbacks - alle scener foregår i retten, eller i Goldman's celle lige ved siden af - bliver skabt en spændende film, der trækker en med en i stemningen af retssalen, og portrætterer samfundsdebatten i 70'erne om den radikale venstrefløj, og racismen og antisemitismen som det var i Frankrig den gang. Især Arieh Worthalter, som spiller hovedrollen har spillet ham super godt, og har virkelig gjort sig fortjent til sin César.

Den udkom for to år siden, og det er egentligt lidt sjovt jeg ikke fik set den før nu. Jeg tror det kan have noget at gøre med at Anatomie d'une chute, som desuden også er en fantastisk film, men også er et fransksproget retssalsdrama udkom to måneder før, og simpelthen overdøvede den? Jeg syntes i hvert fald man skal se dem begge.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

Jeg tror den er svær, med så velkendt en figur. Så vil jeg hellere fremhæve feltmarskalen Michel Ney. Han var en af dem som trådte i tjeneste hos Kong Ludvig den 18. efter Napoleons første abdikation. Men da Napoleon vendte tilbage fra Elba, stillede Michel Ney sig igen på kejserens side, hvilket efter Waterloo resulterede i en krigsret hvor han stod til at blive dømt for landsforræderi. Men Michel Ney var født i Sarrelouis, som efter napoleonskrigene overgik til Preussien. Så hans advokat argumenterede i retten for, at siden han slet ikke var franskmand, men rent faktisk tysker, kunne man ikke kende ham skyldig i landsforræderi. Da Ney hørte det demonstrerede han indgående, og insisterede på at blive skudt, hvilket dommen også blev til. Det blev fuldbragt den 7. December i Luxemborgshaven i Paris. uden bind for øjnene og – angiveligvis fordi der ikke var andre villige – gav han selv ordren.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Reminds me of an old joke:

The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.

As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".

In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.

In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.

Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.

Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.

By the 4th yer peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".

During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensi bl riten styl.

Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi TU understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.

Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's a bit of a stretch no? Are Ukrainians themselves biological weapons? Is punching a Russian soldier a war crime?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That may not be entirely true. Some studies have shown that Danish children generally take longer to learn to talk than children from other Scandinavian countries, which are incredibly similar in most other aspects. The leading hypothesis is the complicated phonology is to blame.

Popular science article in Danish, summing up the several studies

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Jeg har lige læst Andrew Roberts' napoleonbiografi. På otte hundrede sider er det noget af en moppedreng, men bogen er temmelig underholdende alligevel. Forfatteren er englænder, men også noget af an napoleon-fanboy, så han ender med at skrive en stor del af bogen fra en forsvarsposition.

Jeg tog primært fat i bogen fordi jeg ikke vidste en pind om den æra af europæisk historie, og følte mig dum som resultat. Det har åbnet mine øjne for en fascinerende tidsalder af fransk historie, mængden af omvæltninger deromkring har været enorm. Det næste bliver nok noget Balzac.

 

Culture, and television in particularly in Europe has been quite America-dominated for a while. I'd love to hear what's good from your home countries. If I can make a request, give a short description of the shows that you are recommending, try to sell it a bit, and don't just post the titles. Particularly, I'd recommend:

Matador (Danish, 1978)

This is the best TV series in the history of Denmark, possibly the world. Set in a small fictional town, it takes place in the years 1929-1947, and the changes Danish society goes through at the time. While this is interesting, the real strength is the fantastic characterization, with the show starring pretty much all famous Danish actors of the era, doing their best work.

Whiskey on the Rocks (Swedish, 2025)

A Swedish satirical series about the Whiskey on the Rocks incident of 1981, where a Soviet Whiskey-class nuclear submarine ran aground in Karlskrona. It got a lot of criticism for depicting the Soviet Union as lovable drunken buffoons instead of brutal imperialists, but I found it pretty funny regardless.

Braunschlag (Austria, 2011)

Another comedy. The mayor of the upper Austrian village of Braunschlag ran the town bankruptcy. In order to get some money flowing back into the town, he decides to fake a Marian apparition. The series is generally very Austrian, but fantastic if you like that sort of thing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Jeg så en post på Reddit et halvt års tid siden, og har lurket med jævne mellemrum :)